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Diademed and draped bust to left, with pointed beard; star and anchor behind / Blundered inscription, diademed and draped bust to left; [date in exergue]. Cf. van't Haaff Type 9.1.1-7; cf. Alram 463. 15.68gr, 27mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Ex TimeLine. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

⧾ CΛX ⧾ ΛCΛ ⧾ CΛC ⧾ CIN (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?), crowned bust to right, holding stick, grain ears flanking; within circular border / ⧾ CΛC ⧾ ΛCΛ ⧾ BCC ⧾ ΛNΛ ("King Ebana"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth, holding fly-whisk, grain ears flanking; within circular border. Hahn & Keck 43; SACAM 255-76; H 34; AC 71-3; Vaccaro 38 (Esbael). 1.59gr, 16mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics, e-sale 96, 5 May 2022, no.459. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

[CΛX ΛCΛ (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?)], crowned and draped bust to right, holding long cross; cross above / Inscription similar to TOYTO ΛPECH TH XѠPΛ ("may this please the country"), cross within circular border. Hahn & Keck 45; SACAM 283-320; H 36; AC 76. 0.61gr, 13mm, 4h.

Near Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L IZ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1864; SNG Copenhagen 388; DCA 69. 13.84gr, 24mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Ex Spink. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder; L IΔ (date) to left, ΠA to right; to lower left, headdress of Isis. CPE II 1706; Noeske 370-1; SNG Copenhagen 408; Svoronos 1828. 13.62gr, 25mm, 11h.

Very Fine.

Ex Spink. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.

Head to right / Hieroglyphic inscription. 10.60gr, 20mm, 3h.

Condition as seen.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

ABPA-CAΞ, star-in-crescent / IAⲰ, Abrasax facing, with the head of a rooster and snakes for legs, holding whip in his right hand and shield in his left. Leu Web Auction 12, 1009; Leu Web Auction 17, 2115-6. 2.45gr, 17mm, 12h.

Condition as seen. Pierced.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Head of Zeus-Ammon to right, with ram's horn above his ear; all within incuse square / Silphium fruit with pellet above and below. BMC 26-27; Buttrey, Coins, Period I, Group 2, 83; SNG Copenhagen -. 1.81gr, 10mm, 2h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Bearded head of Ammon to right, with ram's horn above his ear; all within dotted circle within incuse square / Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves. Cf. BMC, p. xl, 57a, pl. VII, 10; SNG Copenhagen -. 1.17gr, 10mm, 3h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Bearded head of Ammon to right, with ram's horn above his ear / Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves. Cf. BMC, p. xl, 57a, pl. VII, 10; SNG Copenhagen -. 1.32gr, 12mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Silphion fruit / Quadripartite incuse square, divided by four lines. Cf. Buttrey, Coins, Period I, Group 1A, 51 (incuse diagonally divided). 0.69gr, 7mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely rare incuse pattern.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Silphion fruit; above and below(?), pellet / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC -, cf. 9 (hemiobol); Boston MFA -; Buttrey 49; SNG Copenhagen -. 0.79gr, 8mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.